ROD

rod

(noun) any rod-shaped bacterium

gat, rod

(noun) a gangster’s pistol

rod

(noun) a long thin implement made of metal or wood

rod, rod cell, retinal rod

(noun) a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

perch, rod, pole

(noun) a square rod of land

perch, rod, pole

(noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Rod

A nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick.

Anagrams

• D. Or., DRO, Dor, Dor., ODR, Ord, RDO, d'or, dor, dro, ord

Etymology

Noun

rod (plural rods)

A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

(fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.

An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.

A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.

(archaic) A unit of length equal to 1 pole, a perch, 1/4 chain, 5-1/2 yards, 16-1/2 feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters (these being all equivalent).

An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5-1/2 yards.

(archaic) A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30-1/4 square yards or 1/160 acre.

A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft.

(anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.

(biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.

(chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.

(slang) A pistol; a gun.

(slang, vulgar) A penis.

(slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.

(ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.

(mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.

(rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive.

Synonyms

• See also stick

• See also penis

• (objects in photographs and videos): skyfish

Verb

rod (third-person singular simple present rods, present participle rodding, simple past and past participle rodded)

(construction) To reinforce concrete with metal rods.

(transitive) To furnish with rods, especially lightning rods.

(slang, vulgar, transitive) To penetrate sexually.

(slang) To hot rod.

Anagrams

• D. Or., DRO, Dor, Dor., ODR, Ord, RDO, d'or, dor, dro, ord

Source: Wiktionary

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Rod, n. Etym: [The same word as rood. See Rood.]

1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. He that spareth his rod hateth his son. Prov. xiii. 24.

(b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. "The rod, and bird of peace." Shak. (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. Gay. (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. (e) An instrument for measuring.

2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole. Black rod. See in the Vocabulary.

– Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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